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Urgent climate change summit called by King Misuzulu after KZN flood tragedy Climate Change

Urgent climate change summit called by King Misuzulu after KZN flood tragedy

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February 27, 2025
Nestlé Pakistan kickstarts 100,000 trees urban forestdrive with CDA Islamabad Climate Change

Nestlé Pakistan kickstarts 100,000 trees urban forestdrive with CDA Islamabad

Coordinator to Prime Minister on Climate Change Romina Khurshid Alam inaugurated Nestlé Pakistan’s first 100,000 trees urban forest plantation drive in Islamabad. Organized in partnership with Capital Development Authority, the activity under the company’s Nestlé Cares initiative supports endeavors to reduce carbon footprint in its ambition to achieve Net Zero by 2050. Talking on the occasion, Coordinator to PM on Climate…
bubmag
February 27, 2025
Honda Selected as a CDP “Climate Change A List” Company for Second Consecutive Year Climate Change

Honda Selected as a CDP “Climate Change A List” Company for Second Consecutive Year

Honda Selected as a CDP "Climate Change A List" Company for Second Consecutive Year TOKYO, Feb 27, 2025 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that the company has been selected for the CDP’s “2024 Climate Change A List” for the second consecutive year. The CDP is…
bubmag
February 27, 2025
Researchers make recommendations for promoting sustainable development in mangrove forest areas Climate Change

Researchers make recommendations for promoting sustainable development in mangrove forest areas

Although preventing all the consequences of climate change is now impossible, we can adopt policies to mitigate its impact. In a set of policy recommendations produced by the University of Jyväskylä, researchers examine the development of sustainable livelihoods in the Sundarbans, a coastal region of India and Bangladesh that is…
bubmag
February 26, 2025
In Kenya, grassland restoration can help reduce conflict, study says Climate Change

In Kenya, grassland restoration can help reduce conflict, study says

A study says that grassland restoration, which uses nature-based solutions for climate adaptation, can enhance Kenyan farmers’ security, reduce conflicts and mitigate wildlife retaliatory actions. Researchers report that grasslands in Kenya provide 60% of fodder for livestock and 70% of wildlife, requiring proximity for survival. Rangelands are degrading, causing animals…
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February 26, 2025
The ‘doomsday’ seed vault in Svalbard just added thousands of climate-hardy crops Climate Change

The ‘doomsday’ seed vault in Svalbard just added thousands of climate-hardy crops

Three times a year, a fortress within the remote mountainside of a Norwegian island opens its doors to a select few. Such infrequency is intentional. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault preserves more than 1.3 million samples in what is the world’s most secure stash of seeds. Far above the Arctic…
bubmag
February 26, 2025
Trump Orders U.S. Scientists to Skip Key IPCC Climate Report Meeting Climate Change

Trump Orders U.S. Scientists to Skip Key IPCC Climate Report Meeting

CLIMATEWIRE | The Trump administration’s abrupt retreat from global climate action is threatening to delay a pivotal scientific report that can be used by countries to shape their responses to rising temperatures. Delegates from more than 190 countries are meeting in Hangzhou, China, this week to make decisions related to…
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February 25, 2025
Africa set to reach 1.5 C climate change threshold by 2040 even under low emission scenarios Climate Change

Africa set to reach 1.5 C climate change threshold by 2040 even under low emission scenarios

New research highlighted in the journal CABI Reviews suggests that all five subregions of Africa will breach the 1.5°C climate change threshold -- the limit stipulated by the Paris Agreement -- by 2040 even under low emission scenarios. A team of scientists, from the University of Zimbabwe, and the International…
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February 25, 2025
Climate Change Cost Calculations: Futile Distraction | Mirage News Climate Change

Climate Change Cost Calculations: Futile Distraction | Mirage News

Climate change is no longer a distant threat. It's here, it's real and it increasingly affects us all. Author Dennis Wesselbaum Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Otago But predicting climate change and its associated costs, particularly over long periods of time, is inherently uncertain. And based on the…
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February 25, 2025